Best PlacesDel Valle, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Del Valle, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Del Valle ranks 1,717th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Del Valle
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Del Valle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Del Valle ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 82% of cities
- QuietBetter than 76% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 74% of cities
Where Del Valle ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Del Valle
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Del Valle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $74,677; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Del Valle's effective rate of 1.29%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Del Valle
Del Valle runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Del Valle.
Who works in Del Valle, and how
Work in Del Valle centers on admin & support services and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Del Valle
Del Valle has more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Del Valle and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Del Valle, month by month
Del Valle sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 50° | 38° |
| April | 83° | 68° | 56° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 71° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Del Valle
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Del Valle
Schools across Del Valle average a D+, better than 9% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mina ElB · 47% proficient
- Bluebonnet ElD+ · 22% proficient
- Joseph Gilbert ElD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dailey MiddleC− · 28% proficient
- Bastrop IntC− · 27% proficient
- Del Valle MiddleD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Cedar Creek H SB− · 42% proficient
- Bastrop H SC · 34% proficient
- Del Valle H SD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Del Valle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Del Valle measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Del Valle against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Del Valle suits
Families
Schools land around the 9th percentile and crime safety beats 72%.
Common questions about living in Del Valle
Is Del Valle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Del Valle ranks 1,717th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and a strong job market, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Del Valle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $291,297. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $74,677 median income, cost of living beats 44% of cities.
Is Del Valle safe?
Yes, Del Valle is safer than 72% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Del Valle?
July highs average about 99 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 38. That works out to about 121 pleasant days a year, more than 70% of cities.
Is Del Valle good for families?
Schools beat 9% of cities, crime safety beats 72%, and childcare runs $1,021 a month.
Compare Del Valle with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Del Valle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Del Valle represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Del Valle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Del Valle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Del Valle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Del Valle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Del Valle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Del Valle detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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